Tag Archives: Covenant

To Prophetic Redux

The pattern of the prophetic messages of the Old Testament was: covenant has been broken, better repent; no repentance, prepare for judgment; and, after judgment, restoration and hope.   Culturally, are we in this cycle?  If we are, where are we … Continue reading

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Marriage, Abortion, the Holy Spirit, and the Church

The Bible begins with a wedding and ends with a wedding reception.  Genesis, the first book of the Bible opens with a marriage, the wedding of Adam and Eve and God’s command to the couple to be fruitful and multiply.  … Continue reading

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The Fall of Adam and Eve as a Prototype to the Eucharist

The story of Adam and Eve involves three covenants: God’s covenant with humanity; the marital covenant between man and woman; and the breaking of the covenant between humanity and God through an act of eating. On the seventh day God … Continue reading

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Corpus Christi

This Sunday was the Solemnity of Corpus Christi.  The solemnity celebrates Jesus’ institution of the Eucharistic sacrifice of his Body and Blood at the Last Supper.  The Eucharist is the wellspring, from which we drawn life, and pinnacle of Christian … Continue reading

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Our Daily Bread

In the Lord’s Prayer, the verse containing “our daily bread” is positioned between the verses about God and verses about humanity.  What is this “daily bread”?  Why is it after the verses about God and before the verses about man? … Continue reading

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